Election of Speaker — 23 Oct 2000

Question put: That the original words stand part of the Question:--

The House divided: Ayes 370, Noes 8.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con9 8 (+2 tell)011.9%
Deputy Speaker1 0050.0%
Independent2 0066.7%
Independent Labour1 00100.0%
Lab316 (+2 tell) 0076.8%
LDem36 0076.6%
PC1 0025.0%
SNP2 0033.3%
UUP2 0022.2%
Total:370 8059.1%

Rebel Voters - sorted by party

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Mr David AtkinsonBournemouth EastConaye
Mr Richard BodyBoston and SkegnessConaye
Bill CashStoneCon (front bench)aye
Robert KeySalisburyConaye
Edward LeighGainsboroughCon (front bench)aye
Dr Brian MawhinneyNorth West CambridgeshireConaye
Mr Jonathan SayeedMid BedfordshireConaye
Desmond SwayneNew Forest WestCon (front bench)aye
Peter TapsellLouth and HorncastleConaye

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